A little like being stuck at a fellow's deathbed, listening to him gas and gas about his life -- only in this case, the guy turns out to be fascinating.
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08/09/02
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
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Reviews Counted:106
Fresh:97
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Though not objective by any means, The Kid Stays in the Picture is irresistibly entertaining.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $1,332,561
Synopsis: The Kid Stays in the Picture traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Mr. Evans's tell-all autobiography, the movie takes the... [More]
Starring: Robert Evans, Dustin Hoffman, Phyllis George, Ali MacGraw
Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Reviews for The Kid Stays in the Picture
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
A terrific pseudo-documentary that's so engaging, entertaining and fascinating that you won't notice its message of dealing with whatever life might throw your way. But you'll certainly feel it afterwards.
08/09/02
It's the very best kind of documentary -- an irresistible story, creatively and elegantly told.
08/09/02
Hugely entertaining from start to finish, featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves, it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels.
08/09/02
One of the must-see films for any student of Hollywood fame and infamy.
08/09/02
Top CriticIt might be considered the best, the flashiest, the most enjoyable vanity production ever.
08/09/02
Top CriticImplicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses, and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all.
08/09/02
The best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like, but how the creative process itself operates.
08/09/02
It's one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood.
08/09/02
Top CriticDirectors Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia.
08/08/02
By the end of the film, one suspects that you'd have a hard time finding an audience member who wouldn't love to sit down for a drink with the guy.
08/08/02
An incredibly entertaining movie.
08/08/02
A stylish, be-boppy portrait of a true individual with his own, invented vocabulary ... and his own, semi-invented take on the events of his life.
08/08/02
The movie's high points ... are the ones when he's most fervently selling himself, as in the delightful scene where we see Evans rescue his job (and his studio) with a suave promo film/presentation directed by Mike Nichols.
08/08/02
Watching [it], one of the best movies of the year, is pure bliss.
08/07/02
A virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaze.
08/07/02
...the film equivalent of a book-on-tape.
08/02/02
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08/02/02
The audience can't tell where the embellishing is, nor should it care -- the portrait Evans paints is involving and entertaining.
07/28/02
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07/27/02
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